Discovering Balance

  • Weight Gain During Quarantine

    Stop Stressing About Weight Gain During a Pandemic

    Let’s focus on what really matters right now. Your mental health, your emotional well-being, rest, gratitude for your health and the health of your family. Participating in activities that bring you comfort and joy. Caring and respecting your fellow man,…

  • Joyful Movement

    Movement is Very Personal

    Stop measuring your activity level to anyone else’s on social. Right now, what’s important is whatever makes YOU feel good. The middle of a pandemic is not the time to add any additional stress to your life. At the same…

  • My Budget Friendly Guide to Spinning at Home

    Looking for a Peloton alternative? Read about my budget-friendly guide to spinning (and working out) at home, and why I chose not to get a Peloton bike. First, let me say: I am not here to poo-poo the brand in…

  • You Don't Have to Earn Your Thanksgiving Dinner

    You Don’t Have to Earn Your Thanksgiving Dinner

    For so long my Thanksgiving day required a super long workout. Burning a ton of calories before dinner allowed me the freedom to enjoy it with less guilt.  Notice, I say “less guilt” vs. “no guilt”. Because regardless of feeling…

  • Stop Waiting For Someday

    Stop Waiting For Someday

    This past weekend I spent some time doing something I haven’t done in a very long time.  8 years in fact. Most of my very close friends know that I love to paint. I honestly love being creative in general. …

  • Vacation Eating and Everyday Eating

    Vacation Eating and Everyday Eating

    We’re back from vacation in Las Vegas and we had an amazing time!  If you’ve never been, I highly recommend it. It has something for everyone; each time we visit, we find something different to do. And don’t even get…

  • Avoid Comparing Yourself to Others

    Avoid Comparing Yourself to Others

    One day I was scrolling through social media and I was suddenly in a bad mood. I realized that it was because somehow in the time I was scrolling, I began to feel bad about myself. That feeling became a…

  • Stop Giving Food So Much Power

    Stop Giving Food So Much Power

    Halloween is just a few days away! We’ve got our candy and are ready for the onslaught of adorable trick or treaters.   Looking at our Halloween candy bowl pictured here, I remembered a conversation with a friend recently when she…